The Week in Ransomware – July 22nd 2022 – Attacks abound
New ransomware operations continue to be launched this week, with the new Luna ransomware found to be targeting both Windows and VMware…
Nurse serving jury duty renders aid to fellow potential juror in distress
A Dallas-area nurse is being hailed as a hero for rendering aid to a fellow member of a potential jury…
Maastricht University wound up earning money from its ransom payment
Maastricht University (UM), a Dutch university with more than 22,000 students, said last week that it has recovered the ransom…
Republican and Democratic lawmakers push Biden admin to protect US border from fentanyl trafficking
Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Andrew Garbarino have joined forces to call on President Biden to strengthen efforts to stop fentanyl…
US, Brazil seize 272 websites used to illegally download music
The domains of six websites that streamed and provided illegal downloads of copyrighted music were seized by U.S. Homeland Security…
Russian RSocks botnet disrupted after hacking millions of devices
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the disruption of the Russian RSocks malware botnet used to hijack millions of…
Owner of ‘DownThem’ DDoS service gets 2 years in prison
Matthew Gatrel, 33, a citizen of Illinois, has been sentenced to two years in prison for operating platforms offering DDoS…
US seizes SSNDOB market for selling personal info of 24 million people
SSNDOB, an online marketplace that sold the names, social security numbers, and dates of birth of approximately 24 million US…
Microsoft disrupts Bohrium hackers’ spear-phishing operation
The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has disrupted a spear-phishing operation linked to an Iranian threat actor tracked as Bohrium…
FBI seizes domains used to sell stolen data, DDoS services
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today the seizure of three domains used by…